John Voelcker Jul 27, 2017 Follow John Add to circle 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Enlarge Photo Today, discussion of diesel bans in Europe, updates on Toyota solid-state cells, context of the pace of electric-car battery advances, and some BYD news to boot. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We added some additional details to yesterday's story on Toyota plans for solid-state batteries in a 2022 electric car. No sooner did Audi and Mercedes agree to update 9 million diesel cars than the European industry commissioner warned cities against diesel bans , saying it would hurt carmakers. Chinese electric-car maker BYD will expand into other electric industrial equipment following its successes with electric transit buses. More anti-electric-car propaganda in a new video, which was roundly debunked by pointing out numerous errors in actual, you know, facts. The U.K. will ban sal...